Show Thread Enhancements - Digital Point Ad Positioning

About
This allows you to insert an ad into a random location within the post currently being viewed and/or insert an ad after the currently viewed post.

I made this a couple years ago for internal use and decided to release it because a few people have been requesting it.

Installation

• Install the product-dp_positionads.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
• Go to AdminCP -> Settings -> Options -> Digital Point Position Ads for all your settings/options.

Notes

• You can control which usergroups see ads.
• You can control which forums the ads are inserted for.
• This addon works just fine with vBulletin 3 as well as vBulletin 4.
• The ads are inserted relative to the currently viewed post, not necessarily the first/last, etc. post in a thread.
• Requires no template edits.
• Our ad revenue more than doubled when we implemented this (and we opted to only use it for non-registered members).

[digitalpoint]

It shouldn't be hiding anything existing you have... are you sure you aren't trying to display more than 3 AdSense ads per page? Google doesn't allow that and will just block anything beyond the 3rd ad on the page.

1. Yeah... still thinking of a good way to rework it.

2. Too many AdSense ads cause the issue of blank ads (anything more than 3 ad units per page), so not sure how good it really would be to insert ads into more than 1 post. As it is, the system will insert 2 ads (into current and after current). Which means you only have 1 more AdSense ad you can have on the whole page.

[marshal_ramdev]

thsnx ...

[kamrandahir]

cooooool

[BadgerDog]

Just had a mobile skin style user indicate that he has ads appearing in the middle of posts etc.

When I installed this, I didn't realize (my bad) that it would also imbed my adsense code ads into posts for users on mobile devices, which screws up the display as they overflow outside the skin.

I think the fix for me is simple ...

Can you provide me with the IF statement in vBulletin jargon that I can put in front of my adsense code so it DOES NOT execute if the style equals the value of my mobile skin?

In other words ..

===================
If style not equal to "x" then skip to end and do not execute adsense code display ...

adsense code

end
=============

Thanks ... and Happy New Year ...

Regards,
Doug

[Taurus1]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Just had a mobile skin style user indicate that he has ads appearing in the middle of posts etc.

When I installed this, I didn't realize (my bad) that it would also imbed my adsense code ads into posts for users on mobile devices, which screws up the display as they overflow outside the skin.

I think the fix for me is simple ...

Can you provide me with the IF statement in vBulletin jargon that I can put in front of my adsense code so it DOES NOT execute if the style equals the value of my mobile skin?

In other words ..

===================
If style not equal to "x" then skip to end and do not execute adsense code display ...

adsense code

end
=============

Thanks ... and Happy New Year ...

Regards,
Doug

I have exactly the same problem. Did you ever find the solution to this Doug?

[BadgerDog]

Originally Posted by Taurus1

I have exactly the same problem. Did you ever find the solution to this Doug?

Yup ..


There is a workaround to by-pass this mod's ad code with Dartho's Lightweight Style.

In the plug-in titled Insert Inside & After Current Post bracket it with the following:

if (STYLEID!=15){

Insert Inside & After Current Post code goes in here

}

Note: 15 is style number for my site's Dartho Lightweight Style, so yours may be different. Whatever it is, plug your style number in-place of my number 15 for your own site.

Now the ads won't display and mess up Dartho's Lightweight Style.

Regards,
Doug

[Taurus1]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Yup ..


There is a workaround to by-pass this mod's ad code with Dartho's Lightweight Style.

In the plug-in titled Insert Inside & After Current Post bracket it with the following:



Now the ads won't display and mess up Dartho's Lightweight Style.

Regards,
Doug

Awesome mate! Thank you so much!!

[ukDesign]

Is this option available for use http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php ?

[digitalpoint]

Originally Posted by ukDesign

Is this option available for use http://advertising.digitalpoint.com/publisher.php ?

It's a different thing, but yeah... you can use them together. You can use the Digital Point Ad Positioning plug-in to deliver ads from the Digital Point Ads platform just fine.

Digital Point Ads Positioning is just that... it's a way you can position ads inside/around the post the user is reading.

Digital Point Ads is a full-blown ad selling system that allows you to sell ads directly to users (they can bid on ad space)... you can sell banner ads, inline keyword ads, email ads, text link ads, etc.

[ukDesign]

I like the look of the ad selling system, how would one go about getting this if it is available?